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Volume 26, Number 5—May 2020
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Species Distribution and Isolation Frequency of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria, Uruguay

Gonzalo GreifComments to Author , Cecilia Coitinho, Jakko van Ingen, and Carlos Robello
Author affiliations: Institut Pasteur Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay (G. Greif, C. Robello); Comisión Honoraria de Lucha Anti-Tuberculosa y Enfermedades Prevalentes, Montevideo (C. Coitinho); Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands (J. van Ingen); Universidad de la República, Montevideo (C. Robello)

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Distribution of cases of tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria by region and population density in 2018, Uruguay. A) Population density of north versus south regions of Uruguay. B) Incidence of TB cases in 2018. C) Incidence of NTM cases in 2018. D) TB and NTM incidence by region. Even though the population density in the north is much lower than that in the south, the north has a higher incidence of NTM than the south. NTM, nontuberculous mycobacteria; TB, tuberculosis.

Figure 2. Distribution of cases of tuberculosis and nontuberculous mycobacteria by region and population density in 2018, Uruguay. A) Population density of north versus south regions of Uruguay. B) Incidence of TB cases in 2018. C) Incidence of NTM cases in 2018. D) TB and NTM incidence by region. Even though the population density in the north is much lower than that in the south, the north has a higher incidence of NTM than the south. NTM, nontuberculous mycobacteria; TB, tuberculosis.

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